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NITE STATES PATENT DANIEL B. BURDETT, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,874, dated May 10,1887.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL B. BURDETT, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, and a resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and useful Machine for Ornamcnting \Voodand other Material, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the ornamentation of wood, leather, paper, orother similar material.

It has for its object to impress ornamental designs of any desiredpattern upon various kinds of wood-work, such as finishing and trimmingmaterial, wooden ware, pictureframes, furniture, and all kinds ofhousehold articles of use or ornament, and upon many kinds of workmade'out of leather or paper.

It consists, primarily, in the coincident application of heat andpressure through dierolls containing the desired pattern; and, secondly,in a machine for applying the process, capable of ornamenting both sidesat once, and with dierolls having lateral and angular as well asvertical adjustment, whereby the several surfaces of a piece ofmaterial, whatever their angles to each other, may be ornamented and thework be done simultaneously, if desired. For example, a smooth surfaceand a raised bead on the same or the beveled surfaces of a picture-framemay be ornamented by my process and machine. The die-rolls are also soarranged with reference to each other that several different patternsmay be imprcssed at the same time, or that a light and heavy impressionmay be madesimultaneously on the different parts of the same material.For example, a deep or heavy impression may be made in the middle andlight impressions on the edges, or aheavy impression on one side and alight one on the other.

My machine is illustrated in the accompa= nying drawings, in which, likeletters referring to like parts throughout, Figure 1 is a frontelevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation; and Figs. 3, f, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,and 10 are details, viz: Fig. 3 is a front or rear elevation of thecentral upper prcssureroll and press-frame. Fig. 4 is a similar view ofthe rear upper die-roll and press-frame or of the under die-roll andpressframe. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the verticallyreciprocatingroll-carrying frame shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a plan view of Fig. 5. Fi7 is a sectional view on line XX of Fig.

5. Fig. Sis a front view, on an enlarged scale, of a modified form ofthe adjustable roll shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a plan view of Fig. 8,and Fig. 10 is a section of Fig. 8 on the line Y Y. Fig. 11 is avertical transverse sectional view showing the lower die-roll and itssupporting mechanism.

In a general way, the machine may be described as consisting of a mainframe, a bed plate for holding the material, feed and resistance rollersprotruding through the bed plate, die-rolls held invertically-reciprocating blocks, two sets above and one below thebedplate, a resistance-roller held in a similar vertically-rcciprocatiugblock directly above the under-side die-roll, screws held in crosstiesof main frame for giving the requisite pressure, a gas-flame or othersuitable means for heating the die-rolls, and certain details ofconstruction for giving various special adjustments.

A O is the main frame, made of any suitable material, preferably ofmetal, of which 0 is the base, and A the upper part. The two parts arecast separately. A rests upon and is secured by bolts to the base-frameO. O is provided with suitable cross-braces, c. In the part A are threevertical grooves, a a a, on theintcriorface of each side plateone nearthe front, one in the rear, and one in the center. The central part ofthe upper frame, A, is me tended and rests in a cut-away part, c, of thelower framc,(1. The central groove, a,extends the entire length of thiscentral portion, making a groove on the interior faces of the sideplates both above and below the bed-plate D.

'13 is the top or cap plate resting on the side plates of part A,extending from front to rear, and is provided with raised ribs over and011 a line with the vertical grooves a a a. In these ribs are holes I),provided with female screwthreads, through which work screws m kprovided with male threads. These screws are provided with verticalgrooves. Handwhecls 9" m, provided with a feather fitting in theVertical grooves of the screws, fit over the screws and rest on the ribsof plate B, for operating the screws.

B is a bottom plate attached to the lower frame, 0, provided with araised rib under the central vertical groove, a, and having a hole withfemale screw'threads, through which works screw r. This screw 1" has avertical groove similar to screw m, and a hand-wheel,

r,with a feather, fits over the same and rests on plate B, for operatingthe screw.

D is a bed-plate fixed between the. side plates of frame A, providedwith transverse openings, through which protrude feed and resistancerollers E E. These rollers E E may or may not be corrugated, as desired.The shaft or journals of one of the feed-rollers are extended outwardbeyond the frame on both sides of the machine, and on one side is Iattached a pulley, f which is connected, by a belt or other suitablemeans, with a source of motion, (not shown,) and on theother side isattacheda sprocket-wheel, F. A chain, f, connects F with a similarsprocket-wheel, F, attached to a. similar extension on the same side ofthejournal of roller E.

In the grooves a of the side plates of A fit tenons y of block G g H, ofwhich G is a crossbar or spider, with legs extending downward at theends and in the middle, and made inte-' gral at those points with H.

. H is a rectangular plate considerably wider than the spider G, and hasits central part in crosssection cut away for its whole length to withina margin of each end.- On the upper surface of the sides of plate I-Irest cross-bars h, to which are attached, by bolts h, journalbearingplates h, fitting between the interior and against the under faces ofthe plate H. The plates h are provided with suitable journal-boxes, inwhich, by journals j, is held the die-roll J.

The spider G is provided with a shallow recess or hole, 9, serving as apoint of application for the screw 9, and a pin, 9, extending into anannular groove in the screw, serves to keep the two parts connected whenthe screw is being raised. By thus attaching the dieroll J through h tocross-plates h, it may be moved laterallyat will wherever desired.

The under-side die-roll,T, is attached in exactly the same way to aplate integral through spider-legs to the spider or cross-bar R. R andits connected plate are provided with similar tenons fitting into thegrooves to below the bed-plate, and is connected to and operated byscrew 7' in the same way as block G g H. Boll T works through opening inD. A block, K, having similar tenons fitting in the grooves a above thebed-plate D, is attached in asimilar manner to screw k, and carries injournal-bearings rigid therewith the resist ance-roller L.

In the front of the machine, attached to and rigid with cap-plate B, andon a line with the grooves a, is a pendent bar, b, having grooves on itssides similar to a, and in the same plane therewith.

In the grooves of b and the grooves a fit tenons m of avertically-reciprocating block, M.

M is a cross-bar or spider attached to a plate, 8, below by spider-legsat the ends integral with the plate, and is provided with a shallowrecess receiving the screw m, and is attached to the screw by a pin, m,fitting into an annular groove on the screw. The lower plate, 8,

has its central part cut away, as in the case of plate H. To this plate8, by bolts, are attached on the under side the halfjournalboxes P, (inFig. 1,) the under side of the plate '5 being recessed to form the otherhalf of the box. In these boxes rest journals or trunnions integral witha block solid above and bifurcated below the trunnions, forming a head,n, and arms N n.

Between the arms N-n and in boxes in the same arejournaled the die-rollsQ. The outside upper surface of the head a is cut to the lines of aperfect circle from its trunnion n as a center. The under surface of barM is cut to the lines of a corresponding circle from the same center,the concave surface of M fitting exactly over the convex surface of n.This causes the pressure to be equally applied to the die-roll inwhatever position it may be.

The bar M has integral with. its front and rear surfaces pendent lipsembracing the head a. The front lip is provided with a screwthreadedl1ole,into which fits a setscrew, 0', whereby the head n may at will bemade rigid in any given angle to the bed-plate and the material to beornamented.

In the modification shown in Figs. 8, 9, and 10, the plates P containthe entire bearing for the trunnions, and are secured by bolts and nuts10, through longitudinalslots p, to the plate 8. The arm n is removablyattached by set-screw n to the die-roll block, whereby the die-roll maybe removed and another substituted when desired. By the constructionshown in Figs. 8, 9, and 10 the die-rolls Q may be moved laterally aswell as vertically and at angles to the bed plate. This is my preferredconstruction.

W is a. bracket attached to some convenient part of theverti(rally-reciprocating block, for holding a gasburner, w, in closeproximity to the die-roll. .20 is a gas-tube communicating with areservoir of gas. (Not shown.)

Any other suitable means may be used for heating the die-rolls-as, forexample, steam may be introduced to the interior'of the roll.

In the drawings I have shown means in position for heating one rolls. Inmy working machine I heat all the die-rolls. I find this to be a radicalimprovement on cold rolls. The

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heat extracts and evaporates the moisture" its original position, andleaves a smooth and tion, (not shown,)the material to be ornamented isplaced on the bed-plate in the rear of the machine, and is fed forwardby the feed-rollers under the die-rollers, which have been previouslyset for the desired pressure and depth of impression. The rear die-roll,J, will impress any desired ornament on the central part of the uppersurfaces. The under die-roll, supported in block R, will do the like foranypart or the whole of the under surface, if desired, and the die-rollsQwill impress ornaments on the edges of the upper surface. The designson the various die-rolls may be similar or different, as desired. Aheavy impression may be given by one or more of the die-rolls anda lightimpression by the others.

If the material have raised beads or moldings, either in the center oron the edges, these may be ornamented as well as the body of thematerial by properly adjusting the die-rolls; and if there be bevelededges, as in pictureframes, the die-rolls Q may be set at an angle andthese edges be ornamented. The lateral adjustments enable the machine toornament wide or narrow pieces of material, as desired. By varying thesize of the die-rolls a narrow or wide pattern, as desired, may beimpressed.

YVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. In a machine for ornamenting wood, leather, paper, or other material,the combination, with a fixed bed-plate, of devices for feeding parallelwith the bed-plate and a dieroll above the bed-plate, angularlyadjustable thereto in a vertical plane, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for ornamenting wood, leather, paper, or other material,the combination, with ahorizontal bed-plate and horizontal feedingdevices, of a lower die-roll vertically adjustable and an upper die-rollangularly adjustable in relation to said bed'plate in a vertical plane,substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the class described, provided with a bed-plate, feedand resistance rollers, and suitable driving mechanism, a dierolladjustable with reference to the bed-plate vertically, laterally, andangularly in the vertical plane, in combination with an independentdie-roll laterally and vertically adjustable with reference to saidbed-plate, and means for giving pressure to said die-rolls,substantially as set forth, whereby a horizontal surface and a raisedbead on the same side at an angle to said horizontal. surface or a planesurface with beveled edges may be ornamented at the same time.

t. In a machine of the class described, the combination, with ahorizontal bed-plate, of a horizontal feeding-roll projecting above theface of said bed-plate, and a die-roll above said feeding-roll, saiddieroll being laterally adjustable along the said feed roll and angular]y adjustable thereto in a vertical plane, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the class described, the

combination, with a horizontal bed-plate, of

horizontal feeding-rolls projecting above said bedplate, a lowerdie-roll vertically adj ustable in relation to said bed-plate,and upperdie-rolls adj ustable vertically and augularly in reference to saidbed-plate and adjustable transversely thereto, substantially asdescribed.

6. In a machine of the class described, a die-roll head provided with acircular convex upper surface and with journals at right angles to itsdie-roll, in combination with a vertically-reciprocating block providedwith a lower cross-plate having journa1-boxes for carrying the journalsof said die-roll head, and provided with an upper cross-bar with concavecircular under surface fitting over the corresponding convex circularupper surface of the die-head, whereby pressure is applied equally tothe die-roll, regardless of the angle at which it may be set.

7. In a machine of the class described, a die-roll head with circularconvex upper surface and provided with journals, as described,

a vertically-reciprocating block with a lower erossplate h avingjournal-boxes, as described, and provided with an upper cross-bar withcircular concave under surface, as described, and having pendent sidelips inclosing the diehead, and a set-screw in one of said lips forfixing said die-head and die-roll in anydesired angular position, all incombination, substantially as described.

8. In combination, for ornamenting wood, leather, paper, and similarmaterial, a bedplate fixed in a main frame, feed and resistance rollersprotruding through openings in said plate, means for imparting motion tosaid feed-rollers,die-rolls above said bed-plate, attached tovertically-reciprocating blocks, screws for giving pressure to saiddie-rolls, an un der-side the roll working through transverse opening insaid bed-plate attached to a verticallyadjustableblock,ascrew for givingpressure to said under-side die-roll, a resistance roller above anddirectly over the under-side die-roll and attached to avertically-adjustable block, and a screw for giving pressure to saidroller, all substantially as described, whereby material may beornamented on both sides at the same time.

9. In combination, for the purpose set forth, bed-plate D, fixed in themain frame, feedrollcrs E E, protruding through openings in saidbed-plate, vertically, laterally, and angularlyadjustable die-rolls Q,attached to block M S, as described, screw m, for giving pressure todie-rolls Q, laterally and vertically adjustable die-roll J, attached toblock G g H, as described, screw 9, for giving pressure to the same,under-side die-roll T, laterally and vertically adjustable, attached toblock R, and screw 1', for giving pressure to the same, allsub'stantially as described, whereby both sides of the material and surfacesof the material at angles to the main body of the material may beornamented simultaneously,and diverse designs may be impressed, ifdesired.

DANIEL B. BURDETT.

In presence of- G. H. VARRER, E. F. ELMORE.

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